GEMS NEWS
Gems in the West End!
Well done to our older children from the Sapphire Saturday School and Monday Musical Theatre groups who performed at the Arts Theatre in London's West End! Both groups performed a 45 minute show devised by their group and worked so hard to get their performances 'West End' ready. We hope you all enjoyed the experience. We will be planning another performance in 2020!
Gems Five Year Anniversary Show at the Michael Croft Theatre Dulwich
Congratulations to all the 100 children who took part in our anniversary show. We brought children together from our Saturday Theatre School, Monday Musical Theatre Company and Sapphire Youth Dance Company to perform scenes, songs and dances based on Roald Dahl's stories plus a brand new musical written by us called M.A.D! Well done, you all worked so hard :)
Forest Hill Library Performance
'Gems Nativity Goes Wrong'
Gems were thrilled to be commissioned to write a Christmas performance to be performed outside Forest Hill Library in December. The children from Emerald Saturday Acting class wrote a bonkers nativity with silly songs, costumes, props and audience participation. They performed brilliantly! Thanks to FH Traders Association and SEE3 for a fab opportunity :)
This year Emma helped organise Forest Hill Fashion week! Our Gems performed a Flashmob to Uptown Funk all around Forest Hill and rocked the Catwalk set up on Dartmouth Road! Visit http://fhfw.co.uk/
Forest Hill Fashion Week !
Flashmob and Kids Catwalk
Gems Christmas Party / Cake Sale / Goodbye Katie
We had a terrific Christmas party and performances on December 7th. Big thank you to all parents who helped with learning lines, costumes and decorating masks! Big thank you also to everyone who baked a cake.. we managed to raise £135! This will go towards costumes for Sapphire YDC and their West End performance. We also said goodbye to Katie who will start work as a Primary School teacher in Lewisham from January. Thank you also to Sanaah's Mum for doing Glitter Tattoos for the children :)
Sapphire Youth Dance Co perform in the West End
At the end of our Summer term, eleven girls from our very own youth dance company performed at the London Palladium in front of thousands! They performed incredibly well. Amelia even said it was the best day of her life! We look forward to creating even more exciting oppportunities for the children.
End of Year Show The Jungle Book
Well done to all children who participated in our End of Year show. Our shows are getting bigger and better each year and everyone worked so hard - including the parents who helped with costumes etc so WELL DONE!
Little Gems perform at the Sydenham Arts Festival
Sunday 1st July
We are really exciting to be performing in front of family and friends at the Sydenham Arts Festival. We will be performing at 13.15, followed by a free workshop! We will then do another workshop around 4.00, and in between a big GEMS PICNIC! All Gems and families are invited to join us